Hungry? Hmm… Like cooking? Yes. Nice food? Absolutely. But it is with food titles as it is with fashion magazines (or interior titles, as mentioned before). I am not into this stuff at all. Maybe I find some interesting pictures or any good design. Mostly I wouldn’t know, why to read these magazines.
But Fire & Knives is that type of publication, that catches me instantly for being outstandingly charming. First reason would be that it is not a glossy title, it is printed on matt paper and comes in a tiny format (smaller than A5). Another reason is, they literally refuse to print elaborate food photography, actually it cannot be found anywhere in Fire & Knives. And the design is so pure. To put it as simple as the magazine is: Looks great and I want to read this!
“Fire & Knives is a new quarterly food magazine edited by Tim Hayward (Guardian Food Writer). Its focus is alternative writing about food and related subjects rather than recipes or glossy photos of lamb shanks.” Rob Lowe, who is also responsible for the great Anorak Magazine, is the art director of this piece, who might be known as an illustrator under his moniker Supermundane.
It’s the apartamento of food, but a lot more minimalistic. To put it with the word spoken next to the sizzling piece in the pan: well-done!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Interview by J. Grabowski
Says Zach Frechette, who put his GOOD Magazine on the map by jam-packing it with arresting, relevant visuals: “There’s so much data out there in government documents and corporate reports. And it’s all so ugly!” I met GOOD Magazine’s editor-in-chief Zach Frechette and creative director Casey Caplowe at the international magazine symposium Colophon in Luxemburg exactly one year ago. They were representing GOOD as part of the exhibiting magazines of this weekend. A while back we had a chat about making GOOD Magazine, being visually compelling, rolling up ugly data and the future of journalism. That was before people were talking about the iPad …
Special. Awesome. Dark and edgy. You definitely need more than one word to describe what it sounds like when Jeff Pils is spinning records as a DJ or releases music under his alias Bogger.
Since the early 90s he is programming soundscapes in several projects as well as hosting radio-shows, such as „Digital Gadget“ and „Zum Alpharaver“ (Herbstradio, Berlin). The Berlin based Oliver Kiesow is also co-running digital-gadget/front, a label for independent electronic music. Known for his fierce DJ-sets at his residency in the berlin institution for rotating meat called Dönerlounge, in recent times he turned his moniker Jeff Pils also into an artist name, signifying tracks that act as open counterparts to the rather hermetical music of Bogger. Since five years Pils is a member of the interactive live performance group “Endliche Automaten” last year touring with an instant composition through eastern europe.
Today we are proud to continue our Dusty Cabinets series with a brandnew, technoid dubstep mix by Jeff Pils — growling and bubbling with that certain groove. Great!
Jeff Pils’ labelmate Helvetikone just released a new free mini album which is available through the digital-gadget website, right here.
(Thanks: text by Cantürk)
“Where Do We Go From Here?”
That’s what British editorial designer Jeremy Leslie asked in his lecture about the future of magazines, of independent publishing, of print. “It’s the end of print as we know it. So where do we go from here?” was the question to discuss and to be answered.
That was during Colophon 2009 festival (March 12-15, 2009) in Luxembourg, festival for independent publishers, editorial designers, editors, creatives or just magazine lovers who are into any kind of (independent) publications. It was actually the crucial moment for me to restart JB. Magazine soon, which still had been more like a vague plan to that date. And with the energy from this weekend it was for sure it would happen pretty fast. Read more …
Recreation! We took some time off for a little holiday and now we’re back with tons of fresh air and some good energy to push things forward in 2010 here at JB. A happy and healthy new year to all of you and thanks for being with us! We got something on the list …
Everyone is reviewing the past year, also the whole last decade and I really enjoyed reading some of these lists. And recovering things that are seemingly long lost is a lot of fun (or a punch of reality). I love lists but making them by myself sometimes can be an uncomfortable trip. But as I can’t elude from all these lists, I have to make a short round-up of the year for JB. Won’t write another review of the decade, it would make sense though, because JUSTBREATHE. already exists since 2002. But I will merge just a few of these moments of 2009 that have been important or interesting to me. It definitely was a good year: JB. Magazine came back in May 2009 after a three year break!
I’ll share some music, videos, pictures, designs … within the next few days.
Soon to come: Interview with Zach Frechette, Editor-In-Chief of GOOD Magazine & some hot tunes on The Dusty Cabinets!
Emotional. Rough. Funky. Dirty. All applies to a DJ set of Tama Sumo. Her real name is Kerstin Egert, she is the most cheerful and positive person you can meet in the club, both behind the turntables and on the dancefloor. She is celebrating every single track she is playing and the other way round when she finds herself dancing to the tunes of any other good DJ. It’s always nice to be around her, Kerstin’s happiness is simply infectious. Better known to the scene in the last years through her residency at the Panorama Bar (part of Berghain) in Berlin, the club that is still the most talked about these days. Internationally regarded as “the mother of all clubs” … Though she is little known for producing music. Together with Prosumer she put out two records until today, one on OstGut Ton and recently the split 12″ for the “Phantasma” series Diamonds & Pearls Music (with a Marcel Dettmann track on the flipside). But finally she did this mix CD for OstGut Ton that has been released some weeks ago, “Panorama Bar #02″, the follow-up of Cassy’s mix in 2006. Kerstin aka Tama Sumo will be known by a lot more people soon and I bet she is already traveling the globe to get the possibility to share her love and passion for music, especially Housemusic, with the dancing community and the people beyond. She has a lot to give! Read more …
Juxtapoz: One of the best magazines in the world ...
JB.’s favourite Juxtapoz is about to release their year’s closing issue in December. We are all psyched about the cover yet, done by José Parla. Getting a glance on the inside there will be a big feature: “To celebrate the year’s closing, and our 15th year in existence, we dedicated an entire issue to one of the most groundbreaking and influential collective movements of our existence: The Barnstormers.” Even more: ALIFE, Cannonball Press, West One, Doze Green, Maya Hayuk, Swoon and a lot more with this issue in the original Juxtapoz mood. Excellent!
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September
25.09. @ Crackers, Berlin. John Osborn b2b Jenne Grabowski
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19.10. @ Cookies, Berlin. with Keith Worthy, John Osborn, Jenne Grabowski
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@ Horst Krzbrg, Berlin. tbc
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Futura @ about blank … has been postponed. New date soon.
Jenne Grabowski + René Loewe (Vainqueur)
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